Describes a study of 1,252 Aboriginal people living in four rural communities in Cape York and Central Australia; study aimed to define normal lung function and to determine the prevalence of and risk factors for current asthma, bronchial hyperreactivity (BHR) and chronic lung disease; confirmed cigarette smoking to be an important public health problem for Aboriginal people but asthma rates were low; prevalence of chronic lung disease was high in comparison with non-Aboriginal Australians; adequate housing was linked to low rates of non-obstructive lung disease

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Chronic lung disease in Australian Aborigines / Antony John Veale